Texas’s highest criminal court hears drug-possession and search-and-seizure appeals, so this race matters for cannabis even though no campaign is about it. Whether either candidate has previously served as a judge has not been verified here, so no claim is made about published opinions either way. ⭐THE CANDIDATES’ SILENCE HERE IS REQUIRED, NOT EVASIVE. The Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 5(1)(i), says a judge or judicial candidate shall not "make pledges or promises of conduct in office regarding pending or impending cases, specific classes of cases, specific classes of litigants, or specific propositions of law that would suggest to a reasonable person that the judge is predisposed to a probable decision". Marijuana possession and hemp prosecutions are exactly such a class of cases before this court, so this site does not read a judicial candidate’s silence the way it reads a legislator’s. (Texas Code of Judicial Conduct: https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462935/texas-state-code-of-judicial-conduct.pdf)
No record compiled yet. Checked on 2026-09-22: confirmed as a certified candidate in the Secretary of State’s final ballot certification of 28 August 2026. His campaign site at https://messingerforjustice.com was read (home page) and his San Antonio Report candidate profile at https://sanantonioreport.org/profile/john-messinger-2026-candidate-for-texas-criminal-court-of-appeals/ was read; neither mentions cannabis, marijuana, hemp, THC, CBD or drug policy.
No score: this candidate has no recorded vote or bill authorship on a cannabis measure. Silence is not a position, so nothing is inferred from it.
No record compiled yet. Checked on 2026-09-22: confirmed as a certified candidate in the Secretary of State’s final ballot certification of 28 August 2026. Her campaign site at https://www.hollytforjudge.com was read (home page) and her San Antonio Report candidate profile at https://sanantonioreport.org/profile/holly-taylor-2026-candidate-for-texas-criminal-court-of-appeals/ was read; neither mentions cannabis, marijuana, hemp, THC, CBD or drug policy.
No score: this candidate has no recorded vote or bill authorship on a cannabis measure. Silence is not a position, so nothing is inferred from it.
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